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THE APPROACH OF WAR.
from the Spectator Of 9TH MGrch.)

We cannot but belAveekhnt war is,
rapidly approaching. The German
Parliament assembled ON Thursday
and The speech from The Throne not
only contains no rea<Suring word, but
is based on the theory,h hat Germany
has only the "pIenItude Of her own
strength" to defend her against at
tack. 1t is true the Government has
still to pass its Military Bill, and may
therefore, be disinclined to reassure
, 1887-04-06
To the Editor Of the "St. Croir Axis"
A RUMSHOP KEEPER, !
:. Frederiksted.
Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,
Were 1T not for certain remarks in your pu-
Grille and tinsel combination [ would have
allowed you to pass unnoticed and unobserved.
but owing to these remarks I am under the
necessity of stating that you have adopted
80 vague and indefinite a style of writing that
1t becomes difficult to conjecture what you
desire.
Under such circumstances I must endea.
your to meet you in your own particular style.
1t seems ONE that you would impress me with
the false idea that in both instances, as mem
Der of the Col. Council and as rumshop keeper
you have met with dissatisfaction, at the
same time you offer your benehcent advice
to divorce such Authorizations from my mon
tai organs! Why, my dear friend had you per-
sonally set the example I think your advice
would have had some Specification; it maV
then have merlted the desire, it is intended
to convey; but what conclusion must the
public form of your character from the fact of
your being not only welded but cemen5ed to
what y0W pretend to look upon as hallucina-
tions from which you are 50 anxious to d.
vorce others.
Is this done with a prem9ditated intention
OF decelvlng the public, whom you profess to
represent IN the hope of ENJOYING eternal
ASREAASSo 80 9"~F PfCOCHC 0IOC6 " UCEICOCh,
or is it from fear of detriment to your personal
interests that has induced you to adopt a stand
which / am sorry does you neither credit nor
honour.
Believe me, friend, Lam sorry to see YOU
reduced to this dilemma and would in turn
advise you in future to be careful how you
venture your political opinions or criticisms:
| recommend You to silence in the absence
of laudable argument; thereby ayerting tha
justified odium of public censure,
For the further calculations you request I
politely refer you to The Avis Of 30th March
and Bulletin of End April (hy an advocate for
Equity; hoping that these joint illusions
will suffice, my worthy friend,
/ remain yours very truly.
EQUITY,
st. Croix 4th April 1917.
P. s. Your fltering and anaEyzing apua,
ratus seem to be of such inferiority that / am
grieved to see their imperfections I think I
could recommend you better principles as I
have some knowledge of the arts.
, 1887-04-06

South cables mention that the Chincha is
lands are to be made a sanitary station. They
are a wonderfully healthy location, and when
they were O. busy hive of thousands digging
guano, and hundreds of vessels were. at. an
Choir there, sickness was almost unknown,
The ammoniacal odor from the guano, and
the strong sea breezes which sweep across the
islands, render them admirably adapted for
the purpose for which they have been Sc
lected. Little fumigation will be required to
dispose of cholera microbes where the fine
guano dust happens to alight.-PonamG Star
q HerGtd.)
, 1887-04-06

Foreign Office. In the course of a speech,
he expressed an opinion that actual Frde.
ration was rather a question for the future,
ana that N present more interest was felt
III HE question of Imperial defence. He
was opposed to the ambitious scheme for
making a constitution for the whole EN-.
pre-. Federation, he said, was as yet a
hazy scheme. England was unable to
initiate Germany in her conduct with
regard to Imperial interests, and she must
leave each portion to cond uct its own
affairs.
London, April 5th.-At the Colonial
Conference the following representatives
of the West Indian Colonies were present.
Sir Charles Packer for Barbados, Sir An.
guStuA Adderley for the Bahamas, Mr..
Hnnkey for the Leeward Islands. Mr..
Washington Ewes for jamaica. Sir(4eorge
Chambers for the Windward Islands, Mr..
M'r'yatt for Trinidad, Mr.. Time for
Dem"rara, and Mr.. Neville Lubbock for the
West India Committee.
The Marquis Of Salisbury deprecated a
Colonial Customs Union.
Sir Henry T. Holland addressed the
Conference at great length, chiefly on de-
fences and cOaling stations, and also re-
fprred to the Postal, Telegraphic, and
Steamer communications.
Two unions had been suggested, that of
the military and the customs. The
latter union he thought was certainly fea-
Siblp. In conclusion he urged the c0lOnists
to make their defeuces efficient.
Sir Henry T. Holland traced the history
of the movement for the org imitation of
the d~efences of the colonies and England.
The existing cable companies opposed
uniting Cauada and Australia. With re-
gard to the fisheries dispute, he declared
that the question vas certain of u s~atiSfac.
tory settlement.
The Hon. A. Deakin, Colonial Secretary
for Victoria, desired that a spirited policy
be adopted. He dpplorpd the contrast In
the tone OF the English, French, and Ger
man dispatches relative to the New He
brides dispute.
Earl Granville expressed his sympathy
in the objects Of the Conference.
New York, April 9th.
Flour, per bII., ST Lawrence pr. hrl. $500
Meal, best braudywine, per bril-, 1915
Heavy Mess Pork, per bril-, Is to Isl.
New Seasons Pork, per bril-, S164
euoou Crystals, per ID 81
""S" F. toG.R., Uer ID. 4 9.16.
English Islands Molasses, so test, 19c.
Exchange New York and London, $4.S43
London, April 9th.
CDemerara Crystals per cwt. go las
Cd.
Sugar. Muscovado per cwt., go lis. 81.
German Beat 88 p.c.: 10 b.
lis. 3d.
Demerara Rum per gal, Is. O3d. to Is. 3D..
Trinidad 'o"oa per cwt. &3. 1Ss Oh.
ConSols, 1921 to 5-16.
Bank of England Rate of Discount p. Ct.
Liverpool Cotton Middling upland per TO-
sgd.
Three pero,, Rentes in Paris $3.50
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06
WQMAN'S REALM.
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WOMEN OpING IN KANSAS.
S,aL1NA. Kan. AUril & 1892

49," AAU %AEAAA " 1901. 8.
Yesterday we voted aaaA today we.
are going about our usual duties in our
usual manner. In Salina. yesterday.
the babies, dinners and bRttons seemed
to move on in their VARIOUS orbits, TN:
disturbed by the fact that women were:
voting,
Yw9 w.omen had been appointed to:
serve On the election board in each
ward. bus finding Shat work would be:
needed. they Withdrew tfsa,4, ;aAat APP;
pointme If and got out carriages to-
bring the women TO the polls, and they:
did good service. There was much
enthnsiasm among the women, and
great anxiety to elect their candidates;
but there was no lspAdness, nothing but
the quietest, most lady like behavior.
1t was the unanimous verdict that
never bad salina had a more EXCITING
or a more peaceful election. The wo-
men walked or rode to the various poll
ing places, deposited their ballots, and
went quickly away. Men stood around
looking curiously on, some with inter-
est, Aome with disgust; but 20 word
was spoken to offend the most fastidi-
Gus. Women are often subject to joist-
ling or crowding in our p%ost-otfice, but
they went to the awful apqllsS without
en%counnteripg anything Of the KIND.
Summing it all up, we have much
reason for rejoicing. Never was so
much stress put upon the election of
good men. Never before was there so
much thought ABOUT lettering the mo-
raj condition of our cities. Never were
such quiet caucuses and elections
Some of the caucuses were held in
churches. Think OF that
In many cities, the women voted al
most SO n4meronsly as the men. Many
women who failed to register, express
ed regret on election day. They found
they wanted to help and they wanted
to do il with their votes. Altogether,
Kansas women have carried themselves
nobly. and by their %iudicious EFFORTS
for goqd government have brought
many hitherto opposed to the women
suffrage side.
Of the stock objection to women sutr.
rage, that bad women viii come to the
front, little will hepceforth be heard in
Kansas. The bad women were neither
seen nor heard .from except in two ci.
ties, while the best women in the lang
tlocked to the polls in all cities.
Many contradictory statements ap
pear in the papers, but at last all will
simmer down to the two facts that thu
women did vote, apd that their votes
represented an earnest desire to bette
city government.
LAURA NJ. JOINS,
Pres. Kan. Z. S. A.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06
AFRAID OF THE ANGELS.

1t is said that women must not vote,
because they are angels; and in the
next breath it is predicted that
their votes "Would generally be- cast
for the worst men and the worst meas
ures." This suggests the story OF the
little boy who was told that he need
not be afraid of going to bed in the
dark. because angels would be there to
watch yer him. He only sobbed the
harder, and answered; ut is the angels
themselves that | am afraid of !" If
women are angels, the influence of
their vote could hardly be otherwise
than good, and no one need be afraid OF
them. On the other hand, if they are
only ordinary human beings, why
should they not have ordinary human
rights p-Allice Stone Blackwell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06

It is sometimes sad that women
must not vote, because in that case they
might be elected to Office, and eff the
mother Of a young family should go to
to congress, what would become of the
children?" 1t does not seem to these
DIRECTORS that only n person in a
thousand can go to congress in any
case, and that no one is obliged to go
unless he chooses. The mother of a
young family would not be likely to be
asked to go to congress, and would not
be likely to consent il she were asked.
But she might have Il very definite idea
as to the sort of man she wanted to
send to congress as her representative,
to make laws for her and her children.
A good many profigate and drunken
congressman would be weeded out, if
the mothers in their districts had votes.
One of the famous women's rights
women OF the West is the Rey. Annie
Shaw, aud good stories are told OF her
pluck and smartness. Once when she
was riding through the lumber region
of Michigan the driver began to talk
insultingly. Miss Shaw stood it for
half on hour, and then suddenly drew
a Derringer from the folds Of her gar
ments, and said very quietly: "1ou
low, contemplate brute, utter an
other word of that sort. and I'll shoot
you like a dog" The threat was sufic-
lent. The man did not utter a syllable
the rest Of the trip. He helped to get
a large congregation for her at the set
Element, "because," he said, he liked
her grit" Once at a public meeting a
speaker who had been d%iscoursing on
the traits OF Il strong-minded women,
among others that OF short hair, sud-
denly turned to Miss Shaw and asked:
'By the way, how did you acquire that
habit. Miss Shaw" Sir, l was born
.o,' Was the answer. :.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06

hsili"n. a coliecticn of humorous. pathetic and
mi .,orce. Of nivounr and buttleield.
f!t& OF General u. =. Grant. Nus.
Poems. Us John G. Whittier. Only cheap
'iiilo!.-s'lou!d be in every house old. Illus.
collection Of poe 8 by this master. Illus.
POe,as, by Alfred Tennyson. Conla:,,s the
finest compositions of Poet laureate.
l':tllo.. \ m usements.. 4 large collection of
Acting C',arades. Parl0r Dramas. Shadow Panto-
mines, Games. etc, for SOCIAL gatherings. HAS.
Mammal of FIo''ciltmre. Teaches how to
pr,,ngltG nIl different nlaMta. to cure disease,
eradicate insect pests, etc. Wux.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06
WHERE SHOULD LIQUOR BE
1si'.= GSDRJNY i? S.g
The Des Moines Ahzeiger "a whis

The Des Moines Ahzeiger "a whiskey1:
paper), sends up a doleful cry about
prohibition. After declaring tina. It'll
would never be adopted IN iowa, and.
after 1t was adopted that it could never,
be enforced, and if it was enforced
would Kill the town; and aoy it sends
up a whale of despair because prohibi-
ti:on will make saloons of the homes
and make all the families drunkar,ds.
The saloons will be gone aud every,
home will be 9 still house and g brew:
cry, and drunkenness will have reached:
that degree when old Nick shall feel
that his millennium has come. The Iowa
Register answers it in the following
strain
"Ah, we thought yon had always
been claiming that drinking na.e geo
pie temperate instead OF drunkards,
/ why should not all men drink their
whisky, VINE and beer in their own
homes? Il it is a good thing to drink,
they should share it with their fami-
lies. If it is a bad thing to drink, they
should not drink it anywhere. II they
get drunk in drinking, why should they
not be 1T home to let their own fami-
lies take care of them, instead of COM
polling the public to pay officials for
taking care Of them. Where is the ia
mily on the face of the earth that
would not rather take care of its father
or husband, than to have him drunk on
the streets and sent to Jail? II a man
must drink and make others drink,
why should he not garry out his design
on the members of his own family? If
The men for whom the Anzeiger is de-
handing the right to drink are such
brutes that they would force their own
homes to become saloons. and compel
their wives and children to become
drunkards. why does that paper and
its editor want to fight for the right Of
any such brutes to drink at all?
The Anz,eiger merely makes itself
and Its cause ridiculous by this sort of
stuff.
Do away with the public saloon, a
curse on the face of the earth, and no.
thing else than a business, social and
moral curse wherever it IS, and remit
the drinking question to each family to
settle for itself, and you will have &C.
compl1shed such a great and humane
reform as will make all good people in
the world rejoice.
Let a father d. all his drinking be-
fore his family, and he will not long
drink to excess.
Let the boys drink all thatthey drink
at home, before their father, mother
and sisters, and they will rarely become
drunkards.
Let the mothers, and wives and
daughters of this land-instead of the
neutrality-suspicious. out the liquor that
the husbands, fathers and sops drink.
and the CHASTITY procession of drunk
ards ON the road to ruin and death will
quickly be cut off from its recruits.
Letall the liquordrank in Des Moines
and in Iowa be drunk IN the homes, or
in decent society, or before those whom
the drinkers love and respect the most,
and when you have done that you have
settled the drink question for the city
and stAte.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06
TEMPERANCE.
TEis a,'tce is DEVOTED 10, ana editea u, p1e in
d~eres,s0f'the Jeraild County w. CT. u, Ad
cess all cnmmunicatlons to "White Risaon'
washington Springs, Jerau.d County, Dakota.

fSfta0N hast given a banner to them that fear
thee"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06

a reward of 600 has been offered in
England for the proof of a case of drum
kenness that has been cured without
total abstinence.
In manufacturing 800 worth of IL
quor, So go to labor. In m%anufactur-
ing 500 worth OF boots, 1922 go to labor.
The gross money earned by the distil-
lery employing $50 men, would, if en-
ployed in more useful ways, give work
to 10000 MEM. Y. Telegram.
ooh, well, you temperance people can
talk all you want, but you don't n
vince me that life amounts to anything
! without sociability," said a Chicago
| hotel guest to a visiting lecturer. "We
| are sociable enough was the answer.
Yes; but not in the right WY. | like
to toast my friends $50 does the
devil"
The liquor dealers of Minnesota in
bringing the question of the saloon
against the church and home DEFINITELY
into politics by declaring war against
any political party which refuses to
! submit to its dictates, have aroused the
Indignation of the temperance people
of the state and fastened the triumph
of prohibition.
The %whiskyites claim that they sell
more liquor under prohibition than I'M
der license, and still they persist in
sending money all over the country
when there is "a battle between them
and the temperance hort, to aid in the
defeat OF the latter. 1t looks decidedly
| foolish to commit suicide.
The National Temperance Hospital
has in the eight months of its existence
treated nearly two hundred patients,
and not a drop Of alcohol in any form
has been used. although its use Would
have been thought necessary in many
of the severe cases treated in many
other hospitals. No one patient mas
! died. Int all that entered went out
aults.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06
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BY MAIL.

Eor $l.1O l will send by mail.
Pcss paid. either of the followinp intS
g Evergreens, or oaevhalf Of any mo
q them az 8 lots for 300. ~ S@o
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
HUM0R OF THE DAY.

Fogg says his bed is young one, rs
1t has only seen four springs Puck
The chicken is frctful animal; every
once in while it is getting into a stew.
Merchant Tuceler
a young society lady calls her partner
at recent dancing party Indian, because
he is always on her trail.
man recently escaped from south
crn prison ON load of cotton. Tho
papers stated that he got out on bale -
LIE.
"My affection, dear maid, from you cannot
range,
My heart like my pocket, can never know
change
It'd BITS.
Recent developments would seem to
indicate that evc\ mind reader finds il
impossible TO reas woman's mind. --
BostoH Post.
Some old dinner customs still prevail.
The Romans used TO rcclne at their ban
quets, and the habit of lying at public
dinners still prevails. - Boston BUlictiH.
The hungry tramp admitted To
The feed, behind the pantry latch,
Presents tho only instance known
OF certain promptness and dispatch
-Si0ingS.
When man buys n tract Of Arizona
land through real estate agent and finds
it nothing but sand, he is entitled to no
sympathy. lie gets only his just desert.
Chicago Tribune.
Boarder-" Seems to me this chicken
must be rather peculiar breed" Board
ing-house Keeper II is not so tender
as it ought to be, / know, and / can't
imagine why, either It's genuine
Plymouth Rock" "My my Came
over in the Maynower, eh l''-- omaha
World
Soft-hearted Old Lady (when she heard
the story and assisted the applicant A.:
Dear me All, poor man! you must in
deed have gone through dreadful triuls s"
Tramp: 81 b'lieve yer, mum, an, what's
wus, mum, | was alays convicted -
punch
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23

day, land when they come up ther was
that young ijiot a-layin' in the bottom Of
the cart like dead, and ole Lion he wor
a sltiin' on top Of him.
You see. the dog broke his chain
somehow, and reckon he got tired when
he run rs fur as Mulligan'S, and thought
he'd stop on the porch and wait till
Muldoon got back. He's got sense like
a human being, Lion has.
'Well, Muldoon he says as how he
seed tirc-eyes in hole in Mulligan's
hearth, and he's sure il was the ghost.
aint scared ofghoStS, and lreckon there's
nest of wildcats thar I'm death on
them varments, scnce they killed my
chickens, and rm goin' this very mornin'
To rout 'em out
Farmer Bell did not find the wildcats,
though il was evident some wild animal
had made its lair in the hole but in
searching under the fallen bricks and
earth, was found a metal box Forcing
il open bank notes To large amount were
discovered, little injured 10y the damp.
Farmer Bell gave Muldoon part of
the sum, as he had drawn attention to
the place where the treasure was found.
could Mulligan's ghost, he gave me
two starts, " he said the other day. cone
kilt me entirely, and took my sinscs
away, but t'other has give me start in II
good business. III I'm ever rich man
it'll be thanks to Mulligan's ghost. ~
Youths Companion.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
WISE WORDS.

Wrinkles are the tomb Of love.
To make pleasures pleasant shorten
them.
A man is made great or little by his
own will.
Nothing is so fearful as bad con
science.
Passion is bad counselor, and gener-
ally bad speaker
lie that has not n character is not
man nc is only thing
Genius follows its own path and reaches
its destination scarcely needing n com
pass.
When one has no good reason for doing
n thing, he has one reason for letting il
alone.
No man breaches his sermon well 10
others If he does not first preach il 10 his
own heart
The worst prison is not Of stone. II
- throbbing heart, outraged by an in.
famous life
Nothing is ever done beautifully which
is done in rivalship, not nobly, which il
done in pride
A happy marriage is q new beginning
Of life, new starting point for happi.
ness and usefulness.
What it is our duty TO do we must do
becaus, it is right, not because anyone
can demand il OF us.
He that does a base thing in zeal for
friend burns the golden thread that ties
their hearts together.
Nothing has proved more fatal 90 that
due preparation for another life than our
unhappy mistake Of the nature and end Of
this
No man ever lived a right life who had
not been chastcned by woman's love.
strengthened by her courage, aud guided
by her discretion.
Man has subducd the world, but woman
has subducd man. Mind and muscle
have won his victories love aud lowell
ness have gained hers.
10 is hard to pcrsonate and act part
long, for when truth is not at tho bottom
nature will always be cndeayoriug 10 re-
turn, and peep out aud bctay itself one
time or another
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23
nrigin OF nnnermnnn-

1t may not bc generally known hat the
wDrl honeymoon" is derived from the
ancient Teutons, and means drinking for
thirty days after marriage Of mcthcg.in.
mead, or hydromcl kind OF wine made
from honey Attila, celebrated King
of the Huns. who boosted Of the appclla.
tion, "Thc Scourgc Of God b. said 20
have died ON his nuptu night from aa
uncommon cliusion of blood brought ON
by induIRing too freely in hydromcl at
his wedding feast
The term honeymoon" now signifc-
the first month after mlriaec. or 30 much
Of it as is spent from home John Tobin.
iu "Ihe Honeymoon, thus refers tOit.
This truth is manifest gentle wife
ls still the sterling comfort OF "a mans life.
10 fools a torment lut lasting boon
Toth0' who wisely keep their honeymoon.
The EDOch
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-23

In narrative OF Lord Mccartney
Embassy TO China it is related that his
lord.hip's attendants, in passing through
n part OF that empire, saw man cuIti-
waiting the side of o prccipice and ON
examination they found Doc had q rope
fastened around his waist. which was
secured at the top OF Che mountain. and
by which he let himself down 60 any part
Of the precipice where a few yards OF
available ground gave him encourage
ment 20 plant his vegetable and his corn
The whole Of the cultivated spots. which
were 40 some distance from each other
appeared TO be not moro than half an
acre, and near the bottom Of prccipcc.
on q hillook, he had a little hut -
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